Leigh Ann and I read Steve Peha’s work on All’s Well That Spells Well. I wont even try to summarize what’s within the document. You can download and read it all from http://www.ttms.org/ Enjoying soaking up what he has to say and form your own opinions. The document is described as “practical perspective and simple suggestions for the teaching of spelling” and “a fast and fabulous getting started guide to research-based spelling instruction”.
The document has articulated for me what I believe about Spelling and amongst the many good ideas I’ve chosen a few as tools to begin making change within my own practice. Below is one document (a Spelling Inquiry of a sound to its letter patterns - you can also use a letter pattern to its sounds) which I’ve recreated from All’s Well That Spells Well. We use this coupled with the THRASS Picturechart another great visual and practical resource from http://www.thrass.com.au/
I use this Spelling Inquiry during the Sharing, Revising and Editing stages of the Writing Process when focusing on 6+1 Writing Trait of Conventions.
The document has articulated for me what I believe about Spelling and amongst the many good ideas I’ve chosen a few as tools to begin making change within my own practice. Below is one document (a Spelling Inquiry of a sound to its letter patterns - you can also use a letter pattern to its sounds) which I’ve recreated from All’s Well That Spells Well. We use this coupled with the THRASS Picturechart another great visual and practical resource from http://www.thrass.com.au/
I use this Spelling Inquiry during the Sharing, Revising and Editing stages of the Writing Process when focusing on 6+1 Writing Trait of Conventions.
| spelling_inquiry.pdf |
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